'We went from a bad situation to a worse situation,' said Stacy Julius. She and her husband lost their home after she fractured her foot working as an EMS responder. Being placed in Chicopee put their income and their jobs in Worcester on hold.
More than 1,700 families are currently living in emergency shelter hotel rooms across the state, with many from Massachusetts living extremely far away from their home communities — which is against state regulations., we're seeing more and more of those families being placed 50 miles — in some cases, more than 100 miles — away from their homes. For many who are trying to get back on their feet, that distance is the tipping point and has a devastating impact.
Being placed so far away from their home community of Worcester pushed this family that was struggling financially over the edge. Julius said they couldn't afford to fill their gas tank to commute from Chicopee to Worcester for work or to get their kids to school each day when they were first placed in the hotel.
In mid-June, 1,185 families were living in emergency assistance hotels, with 418, or 35%, living more than 20 miles away from their home communities.
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